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Potential Environmental Effects of Nuclear War

Potential Environmental Effects of Nuclear War

National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

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Medical ReferenceGeneral Political Science

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ISBN10: 0309716179
ISBN13: 9780309716178
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: Aug 21 2025
Pages: 234
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.71 Width: 8.51 Depth: 10.91
Language: English

In response to the buildup of U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals during the Cold War, a series of major scientific studies conducted in the 1980s issued warnings about the potential for a nuclear winter scenario - the possibility that a large-scale nuclear exchange could inject massive amounts of soot and particulates into the upper atmosphere that would block incoming solar radiation and cause major ecosystem and societal disruptions. In the decades since that concept emerged, profound military, political, and technological changes have reshaped the nuclear landscape, while scientific advances have deepened the understanding of, and ability to model, Earth system processes. It is in this context that the U.S. Congress asked for this report to re-examine the potential environmental, social, and economic effects that could unfold over the weeks to decades after a nuclear war.

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